Button



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N. Cl. NEWELL.

BUTTON.

No. 310,909. Patented Jan. 20, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

NELSON C. NEVELL, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,909, dated January 20, 1885.

Application filed October 31, 1884.

To all whom it may con-cern:

Beit known that I, NELsoN C. NEwELL, a citizen of the 4United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a speciiieation.

This invention relates to improvements in buttons, the object being to provide animproved construction thereof whereby a face of pearl, ivory, or other rigid and ornamental material is combined with a border of textile material, thereby producing novel and pleasing effects.

In the drawings forming part of this speciication, Figure l is a front, and Fig. 2 is a rear,view ot' abutton embodyingmyimprovements. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, and Fig. 4t is a similar view to Fig. l, but showing two fastening-eyelets instead of one, as in t-he latter figure.

In the drawings, a is the face of the button. b is the rim. c is the eyelet. d is a cross-bar through the eyelet. c is the back. ,fis a washer. 0 is the rim-plate, and o is a covering of textile material extending over the rim b.

In carrying out my invention I make the back e of thin metal having a turned-up edge, as shown. A rim-plate, o, is then made, likewise of metal plate,`having a ring-shaped border, b, or circular in cross-section, and open on its rear side. A circular washer, f, of cardboard or other similar material is provided, to be interposed between the rim-plate o and the back c. A covering, o, of textile material, is provided for the rim-plate o, which extends over and covers said ring-shaped border b, and its border is secured by passing it over the said turned-up edge of the back e, and is clamped between said edge and the inner surface of the said border b. A face, a, of pearl, ivory, glass, or hard rubber or other plastic or fanciful material is iitted onto the plate o, and its textile covering o, within its ringshaped border b, and the face, the covering o,

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the plate o, washer f, and back e are all firmly secured together by an eyelet, c, as shown in Fig. 3, or by two eyelets, z z, as shown in Fig. et. IVhen a single eyelet c is used as a means for fastening said parts together, a bar, d, passing transversely across the eyelet, and having its ends secured between the back e and the washer j', is employed, over which the thread is passed which secures the button to a garment, but when two eyelets are employed, as in Fig. 3, the bar d is dispensed with, and said thread is passed through the two eyelets, crossA ing that part of the face a between the latter.

The button constructed as above described presents in a face view a face of ornamental material, as above described, combined with one or two eyelets and a surrounding ringshaped border of textile material, thereby producing a novel and pleasing effect.

If desired, any other suitable form than one circular in cross-section, as shown, may be given to the border surrounding the face a, the object being to provide a button having such a face and a suitable border covered with textile material, and, furthermore, metal plates or disks, plain or engraved or otherwi se ornamented, may be employed for the face a ofthe button.

That I claim as my invention isl'. In a button, the combination of central face-piece of rigid material, a rim-plate, as o, surrounding the same and covered with textile material, a back plate, and an eyelet connecting all the parts.

2. In a button, the combination of central face-piece of rigid material, asurrounding rim of textile material suitably supported, a back plate, a filling-piece,substantially as described, and a securing-eyelet, all relatively arranged substantially as shown and described.

NELSON C. NEVELL.

Witnessesz H. A. Cnxrix, J. D. GARFIELD. 

